I saw this work, and I love these characters, your drawing style, the colouring, the details, the weapons...

... but I was really put off by the poses, especially Jenny's.

( Madam Vastra's is better, but her pose still emphasises her butt and breasts at the same time . At least is is a believable action pose though, whereas Jenny's is of course a pin up pose... )

I was wondering if you'd seen that mock poster for The Avengers, where all the male heroes are put in Black Widow's pose?

So I was looking through the comments, to see if anyone had said anything, before I did.

I want to say that I think your response to BlackDistraction is brilliant!

Not everyone is open to noticing what is pointed out to them, and willing to learn from it, especially when it comes to women's poses in comic art vs mens. It's so ubiquitous and normalised, that you don't realise you are doing it, but many artists wouldn't see the problem with it anyway.

So again, such a positive response from you to BlackDistraction is refreshing and really appreciated!

Thank you. I feel like I have to be able to learn and grow. This is several years old now and the work I've done since then is more honest and not so ridiculous. I've been studying Alfred Cheney Johnston's work. He was really good at capturing the female form in his photography. Example- shawnvanbriesen.deviantart.com… It was beautiful but not so exploitative or misogynist. That's where I hope I'm heading. Thank you for your comments and response.